Jakob Ingebrigtsen Adds a Brussels 1,500m Before His Budapest Meeting With Josh Kerr
The Diamond League Final opens Friday in Brussels, and Ingebrigtsen goes into it 11th in the 1,500m standings, outside the ten places that qualify. His first race against Kerr in two years follows on Sept. 13.
Track and Field
Nick Fowler Broke the Pacific Crest Trail Record Without a Support Crew
Fowler, 38, covered the trail from the Canadian border to the Mexican one in 45 days, 17 hours, 47 minutes, beating a crewed record that had stood for a month.
Trail and Ultras
Review: Salomon S/Lab Genesis 2
Salomon’s $200 technical racer, tested over six runs in the Alps during UTMB week, including a vertical kilometer, a run up to the glacier, and a lot of wet rock.
Running Shoe Reviews
Teenager Pleads Guilty to Planning a Bombing at the Sydney Marathon Finish
The boy was 14 when Australian Federal Police arrested him in August 2024, and he told the New South Wales Supreme Court that the crowd the Opera House finish draws was part of what made it a target. He will be sentenced Oct. 29.
Race Coverage
Julien Veysseyre Becomes the First Amputee to Finish the UTMB
The 39-year-old Frenchman ran 44:16:04 on Sunday to finish 1,475th, with five guides relaying a second prosthesis around the Mont Blanc loop behind him.
Jessy Carveth
Caitlin Fielder Finished Fifth at CCC But Was Joined By A Stranger In the Finish Chute
The New Zealander was fifth in 12:25:17 on Friday and says a man who had not entered the race joined her over the closing meters in Chamonix. UTMB’s rulebook costs a competitor 30 minutes for a dropped pole and says nothing about him.
Race Coverage
The Shoes That Won the 2026 UTMB
Five of the six shoes on the Chamonix podium were already in shops, a year after Asics prototypes went one and two. The cheapest of them won the women’s race.
Trail and Ultras
What Happened at the Sydney Marathon? | Our Instant Reactions Podcast
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